1. How safe the city is - I can walk alone at night, street crime is virtually nonexistent
2. The trusting nature of locals - people leave their coats and suitcases outside of the bathroom in the airport and no one steals them! That is amazing!
3. Kajmak - a soft cheese made by open fermentation of milk. It's creamy, a bit sour, a bit complex, and delicious
4. Making a difference at work - a small R&D team + many projects = lots of immediate impact
5. The view from my apartment
6. The hashers - a drinking club with a running problem! They're rude, crude, and hilarious! I'm glad I found them here.
7. Adventure - everything is new and exciting
8. The feeling of accomplishment I get every time I park my car in a spot that was so small I thought I would scrape. I have become very comfortable with reverse and having to pull in my rear view mirrors to be able to park.
9. My new friends
10. Being able to drive 2 hours and be in another country - country count = 9 in four months (Serbia, Turkey 4x, Hungary, UK, Thailand, Croatia, Slovenia, Spain, Germany plus Vienna and Rome airports)
11. Only having 1 factory that I have to coordinate trials
12. Ajvar - delicious red pepper, eggplant, and love from Serbian grandmothers
13. Getting all of these cools stamps in my passport!
14. Having my own office - since I'm the only R&D person permanently based in Belgrade
15. čevapi - looks like breakfast sausage, but you haven't lived until you fry up some čevap and then put a big mound of kajmak on a plate, put the hot čevap on top so the čevapi grease melts into the kajmak and then eat it with some soft (but crusty) bread and raw sweet onions. It is a thing of beauty (and heartattacks)
From mid-February off my balcony
Typical High rise apartment
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